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The situation of Afghan women on Human Rights Day

وضیعت زنان افغانستان در روز حقوق بشر

The world is celebrating Human Rights Day at a time when, according to the United Nations, the human rights situation in Afghanistan under the Taliban is “dire,” and a number of women’s rights activists have been imprisoned in Taliban prisons for defending human rights. Some human rights organizations continue to speak of the continuation of extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detentions, and systematic discrimination by the Taliban. According to Human Rights Watch, the people of Afghanistan under the Taliban are experiencing a human rights nightmare and humanitarian crisis. Women and girls suffered the hardest blow, and were gradually forced to return to the past under the pressure of the Taliban’s “gender apartheid.” Now, women are forced to wear the full burqa or hijab, cannot travel without a male companion, cannot go to recreational and sports venues, cannot go to school beyond the sixth grade, or continue their higher education. According to Amnesty International, the lives of human rights defenders and activists and members of minorities are often at risk. Contrary to initial promises after the capture of Kabul, the Taliban government has resumed the adoption and implementation of strict regulations and restrictions on Afghan women and girls. The Taliban have banned women from most jobs, gatherings, and public spaces, and at the same time have intensified their suppression of the media. Girls’ education in secondary school and women’s employment in local government agencies and non-governmental organizations have been banned, and this ban also applies to UN agencies in Afghanistan. The international community strongly condemned these actions by the Taliban, and in the context of the economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, they have led to further isolation of the country. One of the symbols of Taliban violence is the implementation of physical punishments such as flogging or amputation of body parts, or the execution of criminals in public, especially in sports stadiums. Following the referral of Afghanistan’s case to the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, the court’s chief prosecutor, announced that he would soon request arrest warrants for Taliban officials. He said that investigations into human rights violations, especially women’s rights in Afghanistan, are ongoing. However, Taliban officials have said that the accusations of these countries are not true. Hamdullah Fitrat, a spokesman for the Taliban, wrote on his X page: “The Islamic Emirate has been accused by some countries and parties of violating human rights and gender discrimination, which is unfounded.”

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